Scala Forever!

9th August 2011

A season of films reliving the Scala Cinema’s programming history and celebrating the current repertory film scene in London

13^th August – 2^nd October 2011 at venues across London

This August will see the start of a monster season of film screenings under the title Scala Forever. During 80’s and early 90’s The Scala Cinema in Kings Cross was one of the most famous repertory cinemas in London screening a wild mix of Cult, Classic, Arthouse, World cinema and everything inbetween. As John Waters said, “The Scala had magic.”

Highlights include:

John Waters double-bill of Female Trouble and Desperate Living with a specially recorded introduction from John Waters himself (7:30pm, Sun 14^th Aug, Roxy Bar & Screen, £6)

Filmbar70’s Zombie All-nighter (11pm, Sat 20^th Aug, Roxy Bar & Screen, £15),

Jeanne Moreau double of Lift to the Scaffold and Jules et Jim (6:30pm, Sun 28^th Aug, Riverside £8.50/£7.50),

Filmbar70’s American Monsters All-nighter (11pm, Sat 10^th Sep, Roxy Bar & Screen, £15)

Phoenix Cinema and Contemporary Films presents Music Doc Double-Bill of Tonight Let’s All Make Love and Jazz on a Summer’s Day (2pm, Sun 11^th Sep, Phoenix Cinema)

CLOSE-UP presents Kieślowski’s Dekalog (20^th Sep – 18^th Oct, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club)

Cigarette Burns Cinema presents The Female Convict Pinky Violence All-Night Triple-Bill (11pm, Sat 24^th Sep, Rio Cinema)

Midnight Movies present “I Could Have Danced All-Nighter” (11pm Sat 1^st Oct, Roxy Bar & Screen, £15)

The Portobello Pop Up Cinema presents The Colour of Pomegranates (8:30pm, Sat 20^th Aug, £4)

Electric Sheep and Strange Attractor present Thundercrack! (Tues 20^th Sep, The Horse Hospital, £6)

Panel Discussions on Scala + the future of repertory cinema, followed by a double-bill of Pink Flamingoes and The Bride of Frankenstein (2pm, Sat 17^th Sep, Cinema Museum)

Rio Cinema Triple-Bill of Glen or Glenda + Un Chant D’Amour + Kenneth Anger’s Magick Lantern Cycle (1:30pm,Sun 28^th Aug, Rio Cinema, £9)

To see the full listings and buy tickets visit www.scalaforever.co.uk and join the season on Facebook or Twitter for the latest updates, plus see the season trailer and other film trailers on the YouTube channel. Or pick up a special season flyer printed in the style of the original Scala programmes and designed by the original Scala designer MikeLeedham.

All audiences* will also receive a free copy of the Scala Forever Programme, a specially commissioned 36 page booklet including memories of the Scala from the likes of Stephen Woolley and Jane Giles, directors James Marsh, Peter Strickland and John Waters, critics Mark Cousins, Danny Leigh and many others.

* (subject to availability)

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